Gold Coast Airport Pty Ltd Instrument Landing System Major Development Plan | January 2016 Notice Acknowledgements This Major Development Plan has been prepared by GCAPL acknowledges the following for their contribution Gold Coast Airport Pty Ltd (GCAPL) in accordance with to this document: the requirements of the Airports Act 1996 (Cth). Whilst all care has been taken in the preparation of the Major Airservices Australia Development Plan, GCAPL accepts no liability whatsoever ARUP Pty Ltd to any person who relies in any way on any information Covec contained in this Major Development Plan. © Copyright Copyright in this document vests in GCAPL. No section or element of this document may be removed from, reproduced, electronically stored or transmitted in any form without the written permission of GCAPL other than for the sole purpose of reviewing its contents. Key Contacts Gold Coast Airport Pty Ltd Management Office (07) 5589 1100 Web www.goldcoastairport.com.au Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development Airport Building Controller (07) 3216 3040 Airport Environment Officer (07) 5536 8426 Airservices Australia Noise Complaints and Information Service 1800 802 584 or 1300 302 240 Gold Coast Airport Pty Ltd Instrument Landing System Major Development Plan | January 2016 Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................... 2 1.1 THE PROJECT ............................................................................................................................................2 1.2 PROJECT LOCATION ..................................................................................................................................3 1.3 MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN ....................................................................................................................7 1.4 PROJECT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES .................................................................................................7 1.5 MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN STRUCTURE ...............................................................................................7 2.0 THE DEVELOPMENT .............................................................................. 12 2.1 INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM ..............................................................................................................12 2.1.1 DESCRIPTION OF ILS COMPONENTS .......................................................................................................12 2.1.2 HOW AN ILS WORKS ................................................................................................................................14 2.1.3 THE INSTALLATION OF AN ILS ON RUNWAY 14 ........................................................................................14 2.1.4 LAND TENURE FOR THE ILS .....................................................................................................................17 2.2 ILS DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES .............................................................................................................21 2.3 THE EXISTING SITUATION .........................................................................................................................21 2.3.1 INCLEMENT WEATHER AT GOLD COAST AIRPORT ..................................................................................21 2.3.2 INCLEMENT WEATHER CAPABILITY AT GOLD COAST AIRPORT ..............................................................22 2.3.3 HOW DO AIRCRAFT AT GOLD COAST AIRPORT CURRENTLY LAND ........................................................23 2.4 FUTURE NEEDS OF AIRCRAFT USERS .....................................................................................................25 2.5 WHY AN ILS ..............................................................................................................................................25 2.6 WHEN THE ILS WILL BE USED ..................................................................................................................26 2.7 HOW MUCH THE ILS WILL BE USED ........................................................................................................26 2.8 OUTCOME OF INSTALLING THE ILS ON RUNWAY 14 ...............................................................................28 2.8.1 BENEFITS OF AN ILS ................................................................................................................................28 2.8.2 REGULAR PUBLIC TRANSPORT (RPT) ......................................................................................................28 2.8.3 BENEFITS TO GENERAL AVIATION ............................................................................................................29 2.8.4 VEHICULAR TRAFFIC IMPACTS .................................................................................................................29 3.0 REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ................................................................ 32 3.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................32 3.2 RELEVANT LEGISLATION ..........................................................................................................................32 3.2.1 AIRPORTS ACT 1996 ................................................................................................................................32 3.2.2 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 ........................................34 3.2.3 THE AIR SERVICES ACT 1995 (CTH) .........................................................................................................34 3.2.4 CIVIL AVIATION ACT 1988 .........................................................................................................................35 3.3 CONSISTENCY WITH THE AIRPORT LEASE ..............................................................................................35 iv Gold Coast Airport | Major Development Plan 3.4 CONSISTENCY WITH GOLD COAST AIRPORT MASTER PLAN..................................................................35 3.4.1 GENERAL ..................................................................................................................................................35 3.4.2 LAND USE IN THE MASTER PLAN .............................................................................................................36 3.5 CONSISTENCY WITH STATUTORY DOCUMENTS ......................................................................................38 3.5.1 STATE PLANNING LEGISLATION ...............................................................................................................38 3.6 CONSISTENCY WITH LOCAL PLANNING REGIMES ..................................................................................39 3.6.1 LAND USE AND ZONING IN TWEED SHIRE ...............................................................................................39 3.6.2 CITY OF GOLD COAST LAND USE AND ZONING ......................................................................................40 3.7 DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING APPROVALS ...........................................................................................41 4.0 ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE ....................................... 44 4.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................44 4.2 ECONOMIC – IMMEDIATE BENEFITS .........................................................................................................44 4.2.1 ECONOMIC – LONG-TERM .......................................................................................................................44 4.3 REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE ........................................................................................................................45 5.0 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ......................................................... 48 5.1 ASSESSMENT APPROACH .......................................................................................................................48 5.1.1 REVIEW OF BASELINE CONDITIONS .........................................................................................................49 5.1.2 IMPACT ASSESSMENT ..............................................................................................................................50 5.1.3 TERMINOLOGY .........................................................................................................................................51 5.2 RESOURCE USE .......................................................................................................................................51 5.3 LAND ........................................................................................................................................................52 5.3.1 BASELINE CONDITIONS ............................................................................................................................52 5.3.2 ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS ......................................................................................................................52 5.4 SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER ...............................................................................................................56 5.4.1 BASELINE CONDITIONS ............................................................................................................................56